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Constituent Services - UPDATED

Written by dave on Tuesday, September 16th 2008 under Local Politics   

I’m sure we’re not the only block to suffer from the eyesore of abandoned homes. As I walk around the neighborhood there are several obviously abandoned homes with overgrown lots.

One particular eyesore is just down the street from me. After contacting Bank of America, and the Realtor on the sign out front, I contacted Code Enforcement, and today sent this message to Charlie Miranda, who I believe to be my representative on the council. With any luck he will excel in constituent services and the lot will be cleaned up soon.

Council Member Miranda - I’m hoping you can help me.

There’s house down the street from me that’s been abandoned for some time. About six weeks ago someone came and took all the belongings inside the house, placed them in trash bags and dumped it in the lawn.

Calls to the person on the realtor’s sign out front have been unsuccessful. They claim it’s not their property. (Though the sign remains). Calls to TXXXXX SXXXXX (877-4XX-4XXX) at Bank of America (property preservation) have also not resulted in the trash being hauled away. We believe that Bank of America now owns this property (which they verified on the phone) but hasn’t taken responsibility for maintaining the property. The address is ….

I began to put the bags in my own trash, thinking that over the course of weeks I could get rid of it all. But it looks like someone took that as a sign and pulled even more trash out from the back. Today the pile grew even bigger. Soon it will take up the entire front lawn.

I’ve contacted code enforcement, but I’m not sure what they could do, other than issue some bank a warning.

I’m hoping that you might be able to help me get this garbage off our street. I’m writing to you because I believe you are the representative of this neighborhood on the City Council.

thanks,
dave

UPDATED - Miranda’s aide responded this evening and included the message Miranda’s office sent along to Code Enforcement. She asked me to keep them updated on what happens. We’ll see.

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